The Pullman State Historic Site partners with Chicago Artists Month to celebrate the Day of the Dead and to benefit the renovation of the 1881 Hotel Florence in Pullman.
What to do this week: The music of Queen + the characters of Alien = a live-action Halloween mash-up we can get behind. Plus: spine-tingling theatre, a Día de los Muertos altar walk, glow-in-the-dark art … and one paranormal enthusiast’s weekend plans
POCKET GUIDE: A cultural shortlist for November, in order of buzz
MASTER FLEECE: At the center of an art fraud ring that circled the globe and operated for decades, the Northbrook man was both an eager peddler of fake prints by famous painters and a wire-wearing informant for federal investigators—twice.
Timothy Long, the curator of the new Chicago History Museum exhibit “Charles James: Genius Deconstructed,” discusses the famous Chicago designer and his fashion innovations.
Chicago’s fashionistas and fashionistos donned their designer duds for an exclusive peek at the Chicago History Museum’s latest sartorial extravaganza…
Dmitry Samarov on the gregarious artist he picked up in his cab four years ago: “Life around Tony was rarely dull…. I’ve never known anyone better suited to being the center of attention.”
Top Events This Week: The choreographer Faustin Linyekula bundles up for a performance at the MCA … free art, free film … plus what Northwestern’s Chicago-lit guy, Bill Savage, is doing this weekend
Lincolnwood’s old Hyatt has long since fallen into disrepair and exists mostly as a cult kitsch memory. But the Chicago firm behind it is responsible for more of the local skyline than you might realize.
A new cable (Starz) drama about political megalomania unfolds in—where else?—our mayor’s office
